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UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center
Medical research institute in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center, founded in 1974, is an NCI-designated Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas.[1] It is a component of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio which is located adjacently.
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The center serves more than 4.4 million people in the high-growth corridor of Central and South Texas including Austin, San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, and handles more than 120,000 patient visits each year, and has a faculty staff of 140.[1]